Improvement in head-rests for car-seats



E. M. JUDD. Car-Seat Head Rest. No. 109,823. Patented Dec. 6, 1870.

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ttnitd $1atre EDWARD JIIDD, OF, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent N0.-109,823', dated December 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD-RESTS FOR CAR-SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

'iuHead-Rests for Car-Seats; and the following is hereby declared to bea correct description thereof.

, The object of this invention is to provide a'headrest that can beeasily applied to the back of carseats already in use, and one that willnot .be liable toget out of order and is easily understood in itsworking or adjustment.

The head-rest is supported by arms that are provided with slots in theirlower ends, taking over headed pins upon plates attached to the swinginghack of the car-seat, and upon these pins the headrest and arms turn inadjusting the rest. Notches upon the plates attached to the swinginghack, and teetlror projections upon the arms of the rest, allow of theadjustment of the, rest, and I provide pins or stops upon said plates,to prevent the rest swinging too far toward the seat.

The slots in the arms allow of the teeth being raised from the notchesin adjustingthe rest, orwhen the head-rest and back are being reversed;and I make the respective ends of the plates alike, so that in eitherposition of the back the manner of adjust- Figure 2 is an elevation of aportion of the baek v of the seat and head-rest.

Figure 3 is a similar view, the head-rest being swung down out of theway, at the back of the seatf it represents, the legs,

b, the seat, and

' c, the arms of a carseat, of any desired construction.

The swinging back (Z is provided with the links 6 e, and said links areconnected to the arms 0 of the seat by the screwsf, and upon thesescrews the back and links swing in reversing the seat.

The head-rest his connected to the end bars 42 t, and said bars areprovided with slots 9 g at their lowor ends, to take over the headedpins or screws 1 Z upon the plates on.

The slots g g may be open at their upper ends, in

, order that the head-rest may be removed from or replaced upon the back(Z without removing the pins or screws Z l.

I have shown the plates m, as attached to the back (I by screws 2 2, andas part of the links 6 e, but said plates might be separated from thelinks 0, as in some of the car-seats now in use.

At the respective ends of the plates at, notches3 3 are provided for theteeth or projections 4 4 uponthe bars 2', and these notches and teethallow of the rest It being adjusted, and securely held to the desiredposition in relation to the upper part of the back (I.

I have shown but two notches in this plate m; 7

more might be provided, ifdesircd, and the notches maybe of dilferentdepths, to permit the rest being raised or lowered, as well as varied inits inclination.

The slots g are to be of sufiicient length to allow the teeth beingraised from out of their notches either in adjusting the rest or whenreversing theba-ckand rest.

I provide studs 6 6, projecting from the plates at,

and they prevent the arms t and rest It turning too I far toward theseat- I).

To reverse the back and rest, the back is swung (upon f) overthe arms 0of the seat, the rest moving with the back, and subsequently swung up toplace; or, the teeth 4 may be disengaged from the notches 3, and therest simultaneously reversed by swinging it upon the pins 1 as the back(I is turned over to place;

the rest may then be adjusted as before, as the respective ends of theplates at are alike, each. being provided with the notches 3 and stops6.

My arrangement of parts is very simple, easily understood in itsworking, and not liable to get out of 7 order, and said .rest may beapplied to old as well as Witnesses ;HAROLD SERRELL, Gno. D. WALKER.

